| Description |
114 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"Christy Ottaviano books." |
| Summary |
"A powerful biography in poems about Augusta Savage, the trailblazing artist and pillar of the Harlem Renaissance-with an afterword by the curator of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Section I: 1892-1930. Leap-year baby -- First duckling -- Fifth duckling -- Birth order -- The figure of a frog -- Wildfire -- Fingers remember -- No clay -- Strut, Miss Savage -- Making -- Hot dog -- Halo -- Forgive me, baby -- The Du Bois Commission -- Harlem, Africa -- Marcus Garvey sits for a bust -- Negress denied entry -- Hitting bottom -- Gallery opening -- The Rome Fellowship -- Section II: 1931-1940. Parlaying le Francais -- Studio -- Bust of Aleksandr Pushkin -- Hot pursuit -- Leonore -- Boy with rabbit -- Harlem Community Art Center -- The harp -- Opening of the Salon of Contemporary Negro Arts -- Realization -- Bust of James Weldon Johnson -- Head of John Henry -- Up down up -- After the glory -- Salon -- Section III. 1941-1962. The pugilist -- The return of the genius author -- Head of Minerva -- No forwarding address -- Bust of Steven "Barry" Baran -- Chicken-foot soup -- GIrl with braids -- Final commission -- Juneteenth barbecue -- I don't know -- Crows -- Bird feeder -- Awake -- A gift to be -- Bas relief of a female dancer. |
| Subject |
Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962 -- Poetry.
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Sculptors -- United States -- Poetry.
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African American sculptors -- Poetry.
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| Genre |
Biographical poetry.
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Pattern poetry.
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| Added Author |
Lawson, Tammi, other.
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| ISBN |
9780316298025 (hardcover) |
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